As fears rise that December 21, the day the Mayan calendar ends, will mark the
end of the world, the Telegraph speaks to James Blake from Emergency Food
Storage about what's on the menu when it comes to survival rations.

6:00AM GMT 11 Dec 2012

Ahead of December 21, which marks the conclusion of the 5,125-year "Long Count" Mayan calendar, panic buying of food and candles has swept through China and Russia as the fear spreads that the date will mark some form of apocalypse.

James Blake from Emergency Food Storage, which sells freeze dried food and survival equipment, says that he has also had British people visiting his warehouse in fear of the worst.

For his customers who believe that there will be an apocalypse in a couple of weeks time, James Blake says that he recommends that they buy food packs that can last up to 25 years.

Inside the food pack is freeze-dried "chicken korma, chili, lasagna," James Blake says, adding, "there is a wide variety of food out there and it's tasty food as well."